Christmas Eve

To be completely honest, Christmas Eve was a little dissapointing for me this year. I won't go into all of the reasons why, it just wasn't quite what I'd hoped for.

We usually spend Christmas Eve at Pud & Ude's house (Nate's grandparents). But this year they had the family dinner a few days early so that more of Nathan's cousins could be there.

So we ended up making dinner for my family. Overall it was good, but could have been better. The roast got cold. Why does every recipe tell you to let a roast stand before you cut it if it's just going to end up cold? But we had a good night together. That's what matters most right?

When we went home - way too late - we each opened one present. Then read the story of Christ's birth for our nightly scripture reading.

Oliver was SOOO excited when he opened his Christmas Eve present... for a minute... then he said "but I wanted a dog pillow pet." That kid! Seriously! If he weren't so cute.

Here's Oliver with his monkey pillow pet: